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“I never used to be like this, and if you're not in charge of the inside of your own head, what are you in charge of? Miss Ambrose says that it doesn't just happen to old people. Perhaps there are times when life is so unbearably miserable, but the only part of you that can run away from it and leave, is your mind.”

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